It was brand new on the rack

This one has open sights on it as well.

May very well have been brand new but you have described the older Model 7. The older 7 had sights, walnut stock, and 18.5" barrel. The new 7 has 20" barrel, CDL profile stock, and no sights. Its been that way for a pretty good while now.

Don’t leave out the 44 Mag.

But yeah, Remington doesn’t like to support their cartridges.

7mm-08 Remington seems to be doing pretty well.

The model seven can still be had in wood with open sights, with 18" barrel. Pretty sure its a laminate

Yes but not in 260.

I agree that the 6.5 really has put the 260 out of its misery. It was only moderately popular before the 6.5 CM compared to a lot of the others being discussed (30-30, 308, 270, etc.), but I agree that it seems to have been almost completely obsoleted. Not that it's not useable if you have one, but there will be very few rifles manufactured or bought in that caliber moving forward.

Pretty much sums it up.

the 7mm-08 hung around for years without much support from Remington after they brought it out. The first one I got in 1982, I had to drive to the next town to find one box of ammo and they also had one set of dies so I got them so I could shoot it. Remington seems to like to throw new cartridges out there and let them sink or swim. The 7mm-08 has grown a lot in popularity but it took years for it to do so

6.5 PCR. I don't see any advantage to this caliber over 6.5/284, etc.

Factory ammo available, more velocity, short action.

6.5PRC gets me going every time I read about it

Sooo… if the PRC had come along first you think the it would be what the creedmore is now?

I don’t think so. Magnum bolt face is a negative to some

Anyone here have a 6.5 rem mag?

The PRC is in another weight class. You're talking a significant increase in recoil, inability to chamber/mag load in some short-action platforms, reduced magazine capacity, and a few other issues compared to the Creedmoor. Some of the same reasons that the 6.5 and 7 short mags didn't catch.

I think it would probably still be successful as Hornady marketed the hell out of the Creedmoor-had they done the same with the PRC first there would still be a lot of buyers, particularly LR guys who like the idea of a factory-backed 6.5 short mag. But the Creedmoor is just smack in the middle of a sweet-spot for everything it offers-low recoil, enough punch up to medium game, excellent ballistics downrange, fits in a short action, quality OTC ammo. Sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle.

Very well articulated sir!

I still like PRC better though. Maybe if there was a nickname for Creedmoor, I wouldn’t hate hearing it so dang much, even though it wins all the battles.

I do. Model 673. One of the first off the line too.

Wait... another Remington cartridge that nobody has heard of?

I tried to find a comprehensive list of Remington cartridges, but nothing popped up in 5 minutes of googling.

Along with the 350 Rem Mag it was one of the first true short mags. It was before its time though and fell flat on its face.